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>> i will say i thought martha raddatz did -- overall she was a tough, good moderator, but i thought it was a failure on her part to not bring up more of the women's freedoms issues. mitt romney and paul ryan have very, very extreme positions on women's reproductive rights, and to sort of book end or to just end -- give it like five to ten minutes in what is the only vice presidential debate i think was really shortchanging the issue. that said, if paul -- sorry, if joe biden drew blood last night, i thought it was on this issue in particular. this is not an issue of contraception coverage. these aren't nuanced positions on, you know, the catholic church and reproduction. this is fundamentally the question of whether women have the right to choose, and paul ryan could not answer the question, and to many, many women from both sides of the aisle, this is something that you vote on. i mean, this is not a subtle sort of tax policy nuance. this is about having the choice to have an abortion and the dialogue that goes on between a woman and her doctor. and it was clear that the romney/rya
>> i will say i thought martha raddatz did -- overall she was a tough, good moderator, but i thought it was a failure on her part to not bring up more of the women's freedoms issues. mitt romney and paul ryan have very, very extreme positions on women's reproductive rights, and to sort of book end or to just end -- give it like five to ten minutes in what is the only vice presidential debate i think was really shortchanging the issue. that said, if paul -- sorry, if joe biden drew blood...
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i'm martha raddatz of abc news. i do hope all of you go to the polls. have a good evening. >> and there you have it. i thought it was an extraordinary night. 90 minutes spent right at the heart of the vitality, the center of vitality of the american democracy in action. 69-year-old vice president, 42-year-old congressman in the debate and questioned by our own, i think, great, martha raddatz. george, we're watching the families come up and we see paul ryan, kissing his mom, also his wife janna, who is a former tax attorney and, of course, mrs. biden is up there, dr. jill biden is up there, as well, and the families are joining them on stage. >> diane, you said it was extraordinary. that was a debate that lived up to the hype. real exchanges right from the start. there was just no question about -- you have to say, a lot of the credit is going to have to go to martha raddatz, she asked pointed questions, she kept control. he really forced the exchanges. as for the candidates, joe biden came in and gave the game that a lot of democrats wanted from barack
i'm martha raddatz of abc news. i do hope all of you go to the polls. have a good evening. >> and there you have it. i thought it was an extraordinary night. 90 minutes spent right at the heart of the vitality, the center of vitality of the american democracy in action. 69-year-old vice president, 42-year-old congressman in the debate and questioned by our own, i think, great, martha raddatz. george, we're watching the families come up and we see paul ryan, kissing his mom, also his wife...
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you all have been talking about the moderator, martha raddatz. martha raddatz was played in debate prep for biden by his communications director, shayla murray and kerry healy, lieutenant governor of massachusetts. they're very focused on the moderator. ryan has even watched videotapes of raddatz's roundtables to get a sense of her style. >> mike allen with a look at the politico playbook. >>> coming up next, joe girardi pinch-hits for a-rod with the game on the line in the bottom of the ninth. we'll show you how a guy who makes 1/30th of a-rod's salary became the hero. sports is next. i'm bara ck o bama, and i approve this message. "i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. that's not my plan." mitchell: "the nonpartisan tax policy center concluded that mitt romney's tax plan would cost $4.8 trillion over 10 years." vo: why won't romney level with us about his tax plan, which gives the wealthy huge new tax breaks? because according to experts, he'd have to raise taxes on the middle class - or increase the deficit to pay for it. if we can't trus
you all have been talking about the moderator, martha raddatz. martha raddatz was played in debate prep for biden by his communications director, shayla murray and kerry healy, lieutenant governor of massachusetts. they're very focused on the moderator. ryan has even watched videotapes of raddatz's roundtables to get a sense of her style. >> mike allen with a look at the politico playbook. >>> coming up next, joe girardi pinch-hits for a-rod with the game on the line in the...
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i knew they would go after martha raddatz. she did tough follow-up questions to both of them. >> jennifer: yes. but i'm curious to know where they are saying that. i'm thinking they might have said it because she focused so much on foreign policy -- >> eliot: i think that was the area quite frankly where paul ryan did better. the benghazi segment was paul ryan's best moment. and the most painful for joe biden. there was for articulable theme there for him. he should have been able to hit it out of the park and say everybody agrees the policy is on thin ice. >> john: i think martha raddatz wants our troops out, but seeing our paul ryan took the ball and joe biden snatched that right back by saying we are sending in afghan troops. i thought the power shifts kept going back and forth. the $800 billion in projected savings. president obama has been criticized for saying that figure. it was sort of made up. >> cenk: but if they did an honest fact check they would say biden was off on a few thing -- >> john: but the millions of cath
i knew they would go after martha raddatz. she did tough follow-up questions to both of them. >> jennifer: yes. but i'm curious to know where they are saying that. i'm thinking they might have said it because she focused so much on foreign policy -- >> eliot: i think that was the area quite frankly where paul ryan did better. the benghazi segment was paul ryan's best moment. and the most painful for joe biden. there was for articulable theme there for him. he should have been able...
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martha raddatz did end up asking a question about abortion. i think a lot of people felt and i share the feeling it was bizarrely phrased. it was asking each of the candidates who are both catholics how does your personal faith affect your view on abortion. this was paul ryan's response. >> you want to ask basically why i'm pro life. it's not simply because of my catholic faith. that's a factor, of course, but it's also because of reason and science. you know, i think about 10 1/2 years ago my wife jan and i went to mercy hospital in janesville where i was born for our seven week ultrasound for our first born child, and we saw that heartbeat. our little baby was in the shape of a bean, and to this day we have nick named our first born child liza bean. i understand this is a difficult issue and i respect people who don't agree with me on this, but the policy of a romney administration will be to oppose abortion with the exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother. >>> paul ryan once said the exceptions for life of a mother was a loophol
martha raddatz did end up asking a question about abortion. i think a lot of people felt and i share the feeling it was bizarrely phrased. it was asking each of the candidates who are both catholics how does your personal faith affect your view on abortion. this was paul ryan's response. >> you want to ask basically why i'm pro life. it's not simply because of my catholic faith. that's a factor, of course, but it's also because of reason and science. you know, i think about 10 1/2 years...
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martha raddatz is the moderator here. it should be an hour and a half, a couple minutes to close at the end of this, but, neil, for republicans, it's continuing the momentum from mitt romney's debate, explaning positions, their budget, and who better than to explain the budget, part of the reason they chose paul ryan, than to have recall ryan here. democrats want to stop the republicans' momentum, flush out their policy, and basically take the ryan budget and tear it apart. neil? neil: you think about it, rich, four years ago, the sarah palin debate, more people watched that than the other presidential debates. i'm not sure they are expecting the same for this one because there was such a surprising surge in the number of people who watched last week's presidential debate. i think that was around 70 million. any expectations, highballing it, lowballing it tonight? >> you know, i think maybe when you consider the realm of other presidential and vice presidential debates, so many expectations are lotter in vice presidential
martha raddatz is the moderator here. it should be an hour and a half, a couple minutes to close at the end of this, but, neil, for republicans, it's continuing the momentum from mitt romney's debate, explaning positions, their budget, and who better than to explain the budget, part of the reason they chose paul ryan, than to have recall ryan here. democrats want to stop the republicans' momentum, flush out their policy, and basically take the ryan budget and tear it apart. neil? neil: you...
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crowley joins martha raddatz as the secretary female moderator, but the first to moderate ard shal debate if quite a while. tell your friends candy crowley is the first woman to moderate a presidential debate since carol simpson presided over a town hall style debate between president grneorge h.w. bush an bill clinton. >>> nuenough with the real news. let's talk about binders and as they relate to women. the school supply not to be confused with the trapper keeper is gaining notoriety and fame after mr. romney responded to a question about inequality for women in the workplace. governor romney recalled the time he was selecting cabinet members while governor of massachuset massachusetts. >> i mad thad the chance to pul together the cabinet and all the applicants seemed to be men. and i went to my staff and said how come all the people for these jobs are all men. they said these are the people that have the qualifications. and i said, gosh, can't we find some women that are also qualified? and so we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualifi
crowley joins martha raddatz as the secretary female moderator, but the first to moderate ard shal debate if quite a while. tell your friends candy crowley is the first woman to moderate a presidential debate since carol simpson presided over a town hall style debate between president grneorge h.w. bush an bill clinton. >>> nuenough with the real news. let's talk about binders and as they relate to women. the school supply not to be confused with the trapper keeper is gaining notoriety...
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martha raddatz of abc news moderating the debate. we are talking about that this morning with julian zelizer of princeton university. let me begin with, what has the impact been of past presidential debates? have they mattered? guest: they have. gallo published a recent poll showing none of the vice presidential debates since 1976 have really shifted opinion or votes in any significant way for the ticket and hand. -- gallup. it mattered much more for the candidates in their future careers than for the actual ticket. host: do you think that still applies throughout the night debate, giving everybody is saying vice-president by the need to make up for president obama's performance during the first debate and that this is paul ryan's first time in the national spotlight after being chosen by the candidate? guest: the question is will the vice-presidential debate be different, will it have a bigger impact than any we have seen since the mid-1970s? you never want to say that it will not. debates can take on new significance, and in part b
martha raddatz of abc news moderating the debate. we are talking about that this morning with julian zelizer of princeton university. let me begin with, what has the impact been of past presidential debates? have they mattered? guest: they have. gallo published a recent poll showing none of the vice presidential debates since 1976 have really shifted opinion or votes in any significant way for the ticket and hand. -- gallup. it mattered much more for the candidates in their future careers than...
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i think that should have been more addressed by martha raddatz. host: we are talking about the moderators during the debate. also gives us a chance to tell you about next tuesday's debate, the live town hall format, that the devitt starts at 9:00 p.m., our coverage starts 7:00 p.m.. -- our coverage starts at 9:00 p.m.. caller: i hear so many people talking about -- we are supposed to be talking about the moderators, not your opinion about who said what as far as the candidates. and i thought in the second debate, i thought that -- that was moderated in a better manner. a debate is supposed to be a lively change of ideas, it is not supposed to be two candidates just giving a speech. i thought that the second debate was exactly that. two people interjecting. a debate is not supposed to be a very polite exchange of ideas. >> was the first debate qualify that as well? caller: yes. i just believe that you lost control of a little bit of his job of controlling the time, controlling the candidates. and moderator is supposed to make sure that both sides g
i think that should have been more addressed by martha raddatz. host: we are talking about the moderators during the debate. also gives us a chance to tell you about next tuesday's debate, the live town hall format, that the devitt starts at 9:00 p.m., our coverage starts 7:00 p.m.. -- our coverage starts at 9:00 p.m.. caller: i hear so many people talking about -- we are supposed to be talking about the moderators, not your opinion about who said what as far as the candidates. and i thought in...
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. >> weekend update on "snl" had arianna huffington bragging on martha raddatz's style. >> martha raddatz said answer this question and answer it this way. women have to do that. you don't say to your husband, maybe we should go out next weekend. no, you say, hey, we're going to dinner friday night with my sister and her husband, be ready by 7:00, and shave the back of your neck. >> my response to that, no comment. anyway, "meet the press" guest stephen colbert was also at it. he described how romney's surge has rejuvenated his character. >> up until wednesday night i just thought, i don't know what i'm going to do for the next month. >> because why? >> he was just a walking shambling mound of weakness, you know. even the people who liked him didn't seem to be behind him that strongly. now he's the man. now he's got these long luscious coattails, and everybody is jumping on board. >> well, the country's fate isn't the only thing riding on this campaign. apparently comedians' livelihoods are, too. >>> this weekend i joined bill o'reilly, john king, and jon stewart at the beacon theater for
. >> weekend update on "snl" had arianna huffington bragging on martha raddatz's style. >> martha raddatz said answer this question and answer it this way. women have to do that. you don't say to your husband, maybe we should go out next weekend. no, you say, hey, we're going to dinner friday night with my sister and her husband, be ready by 7:00, and shave the back of your neck. >> my response to that, no comment. anyway, "meet the press" guest stephen...
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i'm martha raddatz of abc news. and i am db -- i'm honored to moderate this debate between two men who have dedicated much of their lives to public service. tonight's debate is divide between domestic and foreign policy issues. and i'm going to move back and forth between foreign and domestic since that is what a vice president or president would have to do. we will have nine different segments. at the beginning of each segment i will ask both candidates a question and they will each have two minutes to answer. then i will encourage a discussion between the candidates with follow-up questions. by coin toss it has been determined that vice president biden will be first to answer the opening question. we have a wonderful audience here at centre college tonight. you will no doubt hear their enthusiasm at the end of the debate, and right now as we welcome vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan. (applause) . >> okay, you got your little wave to the families in. it's great, good evening, gentlemen, it really i
i'm martha raddatz of abc news. and i am db -- i'm honored to moderate this debate between two men who have dedicated much of their lives to public service. tonight's debate is divide between domestic and foreign policy issues. and i'm going to move back and forth between foreign and domestic since that is what a vice president or president would have to do. we will have nine different segments. at the beginning of each segment i will ask both candidates a question and they will each have two...
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>> i will say i thought martha raddatz did overall, she was a tough, good moderator but i thought it was a failure on her part to not bring up more of the women's freedoms issues. mitt romney and paul ryan have very, very extreme positions on women's reproductive rights and to sort of book end or to just end -- give it like five to ten minutes in what is the only vice presidential debate i think was really shortchanging the issue. that said, if paul -- sorry, if joe biden drew blood last night, i thought it was on this issue in particular. this ask not an issue of contraception coverage. these aren't nuanced positions on, you know, the catholic church and reproduction. this is fundamentally the question of whether women have the right to choose, and paul ryan could not answer the question, and to many, many women from both sides of the aisle, this is something that you vote on. i mean, this is not a subtle sort of tax policy nuance. this is about having the choice to have an abortion and the dialogue that goes on between a woman and her doctor. and it was clear that the romney/ryan t
>> i will say i thought martha raddatz did overall, she was a tough, good moderator but i thought it was a failure on her part to not bring up more of the women's freedoms issues. mitt romney and paul ryan have very, very extreme positions on women's reproductive rights and to sort of book end or to just end -- give it like five to ten minutes in what is the only vice presidential debate i think was really shortchanging the issue. that said, if paul -- sorry, if joe biden drew blood last...
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i'm martha raddatz of abc news. i do hope all of you go to the polls. have a good evening. [ applause ] >> as the two men get up to now shake hands and members of their family will traditionally join them up on stage as they thank each other, a very interesting debate. a very serious discussion. more tightly moderated, between two men with a lot in common in terms of background, as you may know, as you might have heard, but an obvious gulf in terms of age and experience and obviously a gulf in terms of policy, as we watch this and let this scene play out as the two families mingle on stage. we'll take this to our political team, watching along with us, starting with david gregory, moderator of "meet the press." david, a lot will be said about the job joe biden did tonight that perhaps was unfinished, being charitable in the last debate. people on social media especially are already talking about this as a visual event on television. most of that having to do with joe biden. >> the smile, the laugh, i think a lot of people may view that and think that he
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this is absurd, martha raddatz is known for her tough, fair reporting which is why it was no surprise to her colleagues inside and outside abc news she was chosen for this assignment. congressman ryan arrived in danville early last night. vice president biden spent last night in delaware. he'll arrive in kentucky later today. speaking of debates, last night was round three in that closely contested u.s. senate race up in massachusetts. republican senator scott brown, democratic challenger elizabeth warren facing off in springfield, mass, as two new polls are split on which candidates as the advantage there. unlike the first two debates, last night there was no mention for elizabeth warren made of american heritage but plenty of jousting on policy issues like job creation, taxes, and which candidate sticks up for the middle class. >> the one thing you can't be doing now in the middle of this 3 1/2 year recession is taking more money out of people's hard-working pocketbooks and wallets and giving it to the federal government. they're like pigs in a trough up there. they take and take an
this is absurd, martha raddatz is known for her tough, fair reporting which is why it was no surprise to her colleagues inside and outside abc news she was chosen for this assignment. congressman ryan arrived in danville early last night. vice president biden spent last night in delaware. he'll arrive in kentucky later today. speaking of debates, last night was round three in that closely contested u.s. senate race up in massachusetts. republican senator scott brown, democratic challenger...
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>> john: i think the winner was martha raddatz. i think joe biden helped the president more than he hurt paul ryan. there were moments where paul ryan was just taking it and not coming back at all. and i think joe biden did overreach at times a little bit. the timing -- the numbers i have is joe biden had 40 minutes and 8 of speech paul ryan had 38 minutes and 29 seconds of speech. >> eliot: i always try to score the way a boxing judge would. round by round. the only one where joe scored really serious blows -- they are the critical ones in my views, were on the jobs and taxes. but those were only two of the nine segments. i don't think that joe -- as i said i would like to see as an ad his articulation of the jobs but he didn't take apart the budget -- >> but martha did that a bit. >> eliot: her questions were better than joe's answers on that. but the out of the box segment on benghazi -- >> jennifer: that was the toughest question of all. >> eliot: absolutely. and the first segment went to paul ryan on benghazi and was kind of a
>> john: i think the winner was martha raddatz. i think joe biden helped the president more than he hurt paul ryan. there were moments where paul ryan was just taking it and not coming back at all. and i think joe biden did overreach at times a little bit. the timing -- the numbers i have is joe biden had 40 minutes and 8 of speech paul ryan had 38 minutes and 29 seconds of speech. >> eliot: i always try to score the way a boxing judge would. round by round. the only one where joe...
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the jim lehrer style, hanging back, or the martha raddatz style. i am an equal partner. >> tonight was much more effective because she did let them go at it. she didn't always cut them off, but she also maintained some control of the next question. she was going to get those through questions come or high water, where larry didn't get gross questions. >> ginger, everybody is talking about the smiles. we have the story on the site. twitter is a flame with comments about joe biden smile. he obviously intended to be dismissive of ryan's arguments. i can't even keep a straight face. some people thought it seemed rude, or just his tracking. >> outlasting -- he would start laughing at? i miss answering some then. smiling, like this is a ridiculous is funding. it is with the aggressiveness is at the same thing. he was a much more aggressive. does that play well? or is it over the top? to voters and looks they use off the rails are right on point? so that last or smile could be something that works against them as well as for him. >> liberals will love it.
the jim lehrer style, hanging back, or the martha raddatz style. i am an equal partner. >> tonight was much more effective because she did let them go at it. she didn't always cut them off, but she also maintained some control of the next question. she was going to get those through questions come or high water, where larry didn't get gross questions. >> ginger, everybody is talking about the smiles. we have the story on the site. twitter is a flame with comments about joe biden...
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debate moderator martha raddatz said she felt uneasy with joe biden's behavior. will that hurt the ticket? we have analysis with brit hume. >> the administration has conceded these attacks were the deliberate work of terrorists. >> bill: is mitt romney politicizing the murder of four americans in libya or is he raising a crucial question? why won't the obama administration tell us what happened? we will have a special report on this controversial. -- controversy. also tonight watters world goes to hollywood where people are giving big money to the obama campaign. >> how much are the tickets. >> mine was 25,000. >> 25,000? >> bill: this addition carolla and goldberg will be here causing trouble. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi, i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. assessing the presidential election with three weeks to go. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. the real clear polling average is a tie between president obama and mitt romney. and that's amazing after all this time. w
debate moderator martha raddatz said she felt uneasy with joe biden's behavior. will that hurt the ticket? we have analysis with brit hume. >> the administration has conceded these attacks were the deliberate work of terrorists. >> bill: is mitt romney politicizing the murder of four americans in libya or is he raising a crucial question? why won't the obama administration tell us what happened? we will have a special report on this controversial. -- controversy. also tonight...
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they are about to be introduced by the moderator of this debate, martha raddatz. she will make the introduction right now. >> good evening and welcome to the first and only vice presidential debate of 2012, sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. i'm martha raddatz of abc news and i am honored to moderate this debate between two men who have dedicated much of their lives to public service. tonight's debate is divided between domestic and foreign policy. i'm going to move back and forth between the issues. we will have nine different segments. at the beginning of each segment, i will ask both candidates a question and they will each have two minutes to answer. then i will encourage a discussion between the candidates with followup questions. by coin toss, it's been determined that vice president biden will be first to answer the opening question. we have a wonderful audience here at center college tonight. you will no doubt hear their enthusiasm at the end of the debate. and right now, as we welcome vice president biden and congressman paul ryan. [ app
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first, i felt martha raddatz did an excellent job. at times it seemed like ryan was debating two people, the moderator and that joe biden. ryan still kept his cool and did a great job. biden is the reincarnation of harold stasstzen. his incessant interrupting, smirks, giggles and laughing at ryan, he was trying to sucker right into losing his temper, but ryan did not fall for that. an embarrassing display of buffoonery. i am interested to see what mr. obama's supporters will say today, their tone. i think they will be running scared. host: this morning we are using span2012 if you would like to make a comment on twitter about last night's debate. from "the huffington post" -- next call comes from canada in philadelphia on our support president obama line. caller: how are you? host: good. turn down your tv and go ahead. i will put you on hold and we will come back to you. we will go to jerry in missouri on our support mitt romney line. caller: how are you? host: good. caller: i would like to voice my concerns for the seniors we know wh
first, i felt martha raddatz did an excellent job. at times it seemed like ryan was debating two people, the moderator and that joe biden. ryan still kept his cool and did a great job. biden is the reincarnation of harold stasstzen. his incessant interrupting, smirks, giggles and laughing at ryan, he was trying to sucker right into losing his temper, but ryan did not fall for that. an embarrassing display of buffoonery. i am interested to see what mr. obama's supporters will say today, their...
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raddatz starting at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific. >> looking forward to see martha moderate that debate. >>> for now the other top headlines. for that we go to ron. >>> we'll begin with new concerns coming out of syria about the civil war in that country. "the new york times" is reporting that saudi arabia and qatar are sending money and small arms to syria's rebels but are refusing to provide heavier weapons because of objections by the united states. officials say the u.s. government is worried that weapons like shoulder-fired missiles could end up in the hands of terrorists. >>> and meanwhile, syrian president bashar assad made a rare appearance this saturday, the first time he was seen out of his palace since back in march. >>> two more u.s. service members have been killed in action in afghanistan. they were killed by insurgents in the eastern part of that country bringing the death toll this year to at least 257 americans. >>> and a navy s.e.a.l. who gave his life in afghanistan was honored on saturday. the navy's newest ship, the "uss michael murphy," it was commissioned in new y
raddatz starting at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific. >> looking forward to see martha moderate that debate. >>> for now the other top headlines. for that we go to ron. >>> we'll begin with new concerns coming out of syria about the civil war in that country. "the new york times" is reporting that saudi arabia and qatar are sending money and small arms to syria's rebels but are refusing to provide heavier weapons because of objections by the united states. officials...
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i'm martha raddatz upon abc news. i do hope all of you go to the polls. have a good evening. ( applause ) >> pelley: and so ends the one and only debate among the vice president, vice presidential candidates. their families joining them on stage now. 90 minutes, most of which vice president joe biden seemed to be on offense. and republican congressman paul ryan on defense but staying cool, calm, and collected throughout. i want to bring in our cbs news political director john dickerson, and the cohost of "cbs this morning" norah o'donnell into the conversation. norah, let me start request you. what did you hear in the debate so far? >> democrats said they wanted to let joe biden be joe biden and heave that and more. he was pugnacious. he was combative. and he took ryan at every turn. he tried to have the last word on every single issue whether it was libya, iran, afghanistan, taxes, medicare. and i think the goal for joe biden was to play cleanup after last week's lackluster debate performance by president obama. and that was his goal tonight and he hit a
i'm martha raddatz upon abc news. i do hope all of you go to the polls. have a good evening. ( applause ) >> pelley: and so ends the one and only debate among the vice president, vice presidential candidates. their families joining them on stage now. 90 minutes, most of which vice president joe biden seemed to be on offense. and republican congressman paul ryan on defense but staying cool, calm, and collected throughout. i want to bring in our cbs news political director john dickerson,...